Monday, 29 July 2013

Cure for the dreaded Human Immuno- deficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) that has eluded

  • Cure for the dreaded Human Immuno-
    deficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired
    Immune
    Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) that has
    eluded
    the world for decades has finally been found...
    Two patients who were given bone
    marrow
    transplants to treat cancer but they
    remain
    free of the virus even after stopping HIV
    treatment. The results presented at a
    meeting
    of the International AIDS Society in
    Kuala
    Lumpur, Malaysia has yielded growing hope
    that the virus' cured is finally here.
    Giving an update in an eagerly
    followed trial,
    researchers said an HIV-positive
    infant in Mississippi, United States, who was put
    on a
    course of anti-retroviral drugs within
    a few
    days of birth had remained free of the
    AIDS virus 15 months after treatment was
    stopped.
    In Boston, United States, two HIV-
    positive
    men who were given bone-marrow
    transplants for cancer also had no detectable
    virus 15
    weeks and seven weeks respectively
    after
    stopping AIDS drugs, a separate eam
    reported. Indeed, an international non-profit
    organisation dedicated to the support
    of
    AIDS research, HIV prevention and
    treatment
    education has reported a breakthrough in the
    case of two HIV-positive patients who
    show no
    trace of virus following stem-cell
    transplants.
    Dr. Timothy Henrich of Harvard Medical School, United States, on Wednesday
    reported that research in the fight
    against
    AIDS has at last produced evidence of
    total
    cure. Good news but, hey guys, continue to
    play safe!
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